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To love,
It's a lot of things.
To love is to love.
It's to feel half,
It is to suffer.
To cry, to laugh.
It is to fight, then to forgive.
To love is to wait, to forget.
To love is to make your heart tremble.
Feeling pain, not because you were burned in a fire,
not because you fell, no, no,
it's another pain that leaves you breathless,
narrows your heart,
your soul doesn't know where it goes.
To love is sweet suffering
I tried love
I am afraid of losing it.
Fawning words could be fleeting
like the shadows under the sun,
but true feelings could be waiting
where the sun no longer shines.
January 13, 2023
Bite Size Contest No. 59 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
My eyes look for you
My heart bleeds for you
My spirit enters your soul completely
To bloom in your sunrays
To drink nectar drops of your love true
I was a jagged cliff
Vulnerable to maudlin tides of life
You sculpted me
Without a tiniest hurt
My tattered heart
You stitched with warm threads of care
When I ran out of words
You read dialect of my silence
And poured upon me rainbow shades
On my damp skies
You added dulcet notes
To arid deserts of my poems
Gave a patient ear
To know reason of my hidden melancholy
Loved me with my wild imperfections
By doing the above
Reaching up
You complete me
I mumbled and saw those black balls
You doubled over with that alcohol
Just been thinkin'
Burn all attitude,so no more solitude
Our mileage varies,but binded by crystal skies
And I been blinkin'
Alright,frown was all your crown
Stop lookin' down,but not smoky gown
Together fixin' explosives,on table brown
This moment we own.
All Imma sinkin'
I write these few lines
to express my true feelings,
when moonlight fades out,
I long for warmth in your arms
as sleep eludes me at night.
I say I'm fine
when inside I’m not
I try to be happy for you
but I can't.
I put on a smile to make you see
that I am the supportive friend
that I am suppose to be.
But really I cant stand it.
When you go all goo-goo for him.
It makes me want to puke.
Then I remember how I felt.
How happy you were for me
when I was with him.
How full of love I felt.
The world was my oyster.
And even then you were there for me.
Now I will be there for you.
If you're alive you i will come to
My love is true and all for you,
Even if your leaving is to be true
Just know in my heart there's always you
what more can i do?
I cant help that my heart belongs to you
You stole it when your heart first caught my eye
I felt like i found the stIf you're alive you i will come to
My love is true ars to my sky.
I felt your soul when you first passed by
after our first conversation, and the time i saw you cry.
I knew in my heart our love would never die
When i said i loved you and you said you loved i,
So forever we shall live together even when distenced apart
Because we each have piece of each others heart.
When I look at you my heart beats at
an irregular pace. When i see your face, you
make me shy. If I say something weird you ask
if I'm high. But I always reply no. Never willing
to show, how I feel about you and how you
make me feel. Your my best friend and I'll love
you till the end. You make me happy when I'm
down, you always know how to turn my frown
upside down. Your the true meaning of a great
person. And I love you for that. You've done a
lot for me. But some how I couldn't see you
never liked me. How I wanted you too. And
because of that I felt like poo. Forget about my
feelings I would love to know yours. I would
like if you opened up and gave me tours; of
your past and your present. Cause having you
in my life is a true gift. I love the way you make
me feel and above all I love you.
Sometimes I'd rather smile then cry
make pretend everything's fine
Look at the smile on my face
feel the pain in my eyes
hiding true feelings sucks
but its better then showing them off.
Laugh and smile
but in pain inside
lock yourself in a bathroom
break down, and start to cry
see yourself in the mirror
and finally you realize
that the person you're trying to be
isnt who you really are.
sometimes you try to be strong
but it takes a real person to cry
thats why i do it behind doors
no one needs to see my tears fall.
i dont let people see me cry
but they never look within
because even though my smile is out there
my eyes show the real pain inside.
if you looked into my eyes
you will see the misery
i'd rather keep it to myself
cause sharing it might cause grief.
take my pain to the grave
and pretend everythings okay
if pain tries to catch up
im just going to runaway.
When we first met,
I wasn't sure.
But as time progressed,
I wanted you more.
As our friendship
Slowly grew,
So did my need
To be close to you
As i found out
your feelings for me,
I abandoned all doubt
And in joy, almost screamed.
When you first held me
in your loving arms
I then felt so safe,
Protected from harm.
To this day
I anticipate
The love that you show me
Upon every date.
Sparkling, like the deepest blue sea
As the sun rises upon its vastness,
Her eyes reflect the essence of
True tranquility
Fragrant, as a garden filled with
Lilacs and roses just after a summer rain,
Her skin emits the scent of
True sensuality
Succulent, as a harvest of Nappa grapes
Being picked for the finest of wines,
The taste of her soft skin incites
True voracity
Passionate, as a master painter
Would give of their life for the craft
She gives of herself offering
True ecstasy
They say "you are pretty",
but I do not believe none of those words!
Why don't they tell how they really feel about me....
Un Pretty!
Scars on my body that I put on my self,
bumps on my face that never seem to go away,
need to gain more weight,
But they say " you look okay, you don't have to gain"
But I do not believe none of those words,
they are un true to me.....
Un Pretty!
If I'm an embarrassment, if I'm too big,
then change my name, call me The Pig.
I'm sorry I can't be skinny like a swimsuit model,
I know what you're thinking, the babies crying where's her bottle?
I can be other things, maybe not skinny,
if you don't believe me, I bet you a penny.
You never knew how I felt, I never came out,
instead I laughed with you, never dared to pout.
As the years past I thought I was strong,
but slowly I started to realize that I was wrong.
I hope what I'm saying doesn't come as a shock,
because I didn't mean for it to be, truly not.
It took so long, so many years,
but hopefully now I can dry these tears.
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